1883c Collins Street looking west from Swanston Street Charles Rudd and was constructed in 1903

and was constructed in 1903 on the site of the first brick building in Melbourne

on the north side

The new building was designed by the imaginative William Pitt

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This image originally appeared in the Illustrated Melbourne Post on July 27

1883c Collins Street looking west from Swanston Street Charles Rudd and was constructed in 1903An elevated photograph of Collins Street from around 1883. Looking west along Collins Street from the Town Hall on Swanston Street. All text HotPress Photograph attributed to Charles Nettleton. The notes from the State Library tell us that this image is an "elevated view, of Collins Street from the Town Hall, ca. 1883. Shows buildings including Foster & Martin Photographers, S. Mullen Books & Stationery, and Haigh Brothers. Horse drawn carriages can